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Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 1059

Great Britain Postal History Penny Post Petition 1839 (c.) petition on vellum (75x88cm) "To the Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament afsembled. The humble Petition of the Undersigned Inhabitants of Gloucester and its Vicinity herewith. That your Petitioners earnestly desire an Uniform Penny Post payable in advance as proposed by Rowland Hill and recommended by the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons. That your Petitioners intreat (sic) your Honourable House to give instant effect to this Report. And your petitioners will ever pray"., mounted and framed (100x123cm), fine. An extraordinary document concerning the Uniform Penny Post of Rowland Hill and of major importance Estimate £ 1,500-2,000

Sold for
£1,000